Tag Archives: cup of tea

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 275

Posted on October 28, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tea and us Brits 🙂 Before we begin the next installment about South Carolina, here is something I need to share with you. It’s about being British and the phenomenon that is tea. I am currently having a cuppa (okay, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged alcohol, alligators, America, American, American history, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British tea, Charleston, civil war, Culture, cup of tea, drinking age, expat, history, hocoblogs@@@, Jim Crow, lifestyle, Magnolia Plantation, movie set, segregration, slave cabins, South Carolina, swap, Travel, UK, USA, Yellow Brick Road, Yorkshire tea | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 198

Posted on August 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Texas Death Penalty As we are aware, the death penalty still exists in some States across the USA and the heart-strings are a-tuggin’ for poor Texas whose current problem with the death penalty is not ‘shall we abolish it?’, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bacon sandwich, beer, beer garden, Blog, Brasserie Blanc, British, Cotswolds, Culture, cup of tea, curry, Daily Mail, death drugs, death row, death row inmates, Deep South, Dixie, driving, Ewen, executions, expat, food, hanging, hillbillies, hocoblogs@@@, lanes, lethal injection, lifestyle, manua car, maryland, racism, rain, stereotypes, Tamara Reynolds, Texas law, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA, vindaloo, Virginia, weather, Wild Duck | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 195

Posted on July 31, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Hello England! And so, I hit the shores of the green and pleasant land with a drowsy five-year old in tow, a bunged up ear, no service on my US phone and no US to UK adaptors for my plethora … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Avebury Standing Stones, Blog, British bobbies, British pubs, countryside, Culture, cup of tea, driving, English, expat, expats, flying, fruit and veg, gravy, hocoblogs@@@, ice cream van, post office, pubs, rain, roads, Roast Beef Monster Munch, roast chicken, sausage rolls, Silbury Hill, sleep, Travel, UK, USA, weather | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 194

Posted on July 30, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

British or American countryside? There is a little place off the 108 in Clarksville that I love. I love it because of its natural beauty and the fact that it sells fruit and veg and ‘pick your own flowers’ on … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, Air Force, America, American, Americans, Anglophile, Black Magic, Blog, Bradford on Avon, British, Clarks Elioaks Farm, cottage garden, Culture, cup of tea, DC, Eastenders, England, English countryside, expat, flying, food, fruit and veg, going home, Henry VIII, maryland, Mississippi, Northern Ireland, PBS, Queen, Queen's Coronation, Thoughts, tourist, Travel, Trinny and Susannah, TV, UK, USA, Wedgewood | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 184

Posted on July 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Biker Beach Bar in the Caribbean…. Actually, read that as Biker Beach Bar in Glen Burnie, MD, just 30 minutes from Columbia. But holy smokes, it sure felt like the Caribbean, and there’s proof: Seriously, I loved this place – … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Anglophile, beach, Biker bar, Canada, Caribbean, coconuts, Columbia, comedy, cup of tea, Edinburgh, Europe, Galsgow, Glen Burnie, Great Britain, history, holidays, John Steinbeck, Mexico, poverty, Reckless Rics, Scotland, Shakespeare, TV, Xenophobe | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 180

Posted on July 18, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Flippin’ Nora! I love that British phrase. I used it today, as in ‘Flippin’ Nora, it’s hot and I love it!’ (We’re hitting on 98 degrees this week and I’m having a hard time sweating it out by the pool … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, birth, Blog, British, chocolate, chuffed, Connecticut, Culture, cup of tea, diaper, diapers, dog's bollocks, expat, Fairfield, hocoblogs@@@, Howes Cavern, moms, nappy, Niagra Falls, public transport, Rhode Island, slang, sod off, Starbucks, Travel, UK, USA, Washington DC, weather | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 175

Posted on July 14, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

I love a cowboy I do. I love a cowboy, a cowboy show, shootout and all the cowboy paraphenalia. Cowboys are so….so American. They say: we’re strong and rugged individuals who don’t wince at pain and can move cattle and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Brian England, British, BritishAmerican Auto, CNN, Columbia, cowboys, CSPAN, Culture, cup of tea, expats, Fox, Harrow, Health Care for All, Healthy Howard Board, Howard County, London, main street, maryland, Nancy Pelosi, Native American Indians, Senator Harry Reed, shootout, theme park, UK, USA, White House | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 173

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Brits in the USA There are a lot of us Brits in the USA. It’s funny how our paths cross, either in person or online. And we do drink tea at every opportunity, that is certainly correct. A girl also … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Andy Murray, beer, Blog, British, Colorado Springs, Coors, cowboys hats, Culture, cup of tea, driving, Embassy, England, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, Jaffa Cakes, London, Navy, Olympics, One Direction, pork pies, Prince Harry, Ruislip, Thoughts, UK, USA, Virginia | 13 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 159

Posted on June 27, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Cheesecake food porn Cheesecake in the USA is not cheesecake as we know it in the UK. This is American cheesecake, from the Cheesecake Factory (this place tops the list for calorie content and basic ‘food porn’): This is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged AA Gill, America, American, Americans, British, calories, Charles Sterrett Ridgely, cheesecake, Cheesecake Factory, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, Earl Grey, European, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, New Orleans, Oakland Mills Manor, Oreo cookies, scones, state laws, teapots, Tesco, UK, USA, Vanity Fair, Walmart | 12 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 156

Posted on June 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wimbledon Today Wimbldeon starts in the UK! How I love Wimbledon and its Britishness and over-priced strawberries and champagne and long queues and green-ness and stiff upper lip when we want someone to win/try not to get emotional if they … Continue reading →